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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Psittaculidae

Tribe
  
Psittaculini

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Parrot

Superfamily
  
Psittacoidea

Subfamily
  
Psittaculinae

Scientific name
  
Prioniturus

Rank
  
Genus

Racket-tail Goldenmantled Racquettail Prioniturus platurus videos photos

Lower classifications
  
Blue‑crowned racket‑tail, Golden‑mantled racket‑tail, Blue‑headed racket‑tail, Buru racket‑tail, Yellow‑breasted racket‑tail

Golden mantled racket tail


The genus Prioniturus contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the end.

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Mindanao racket tail


Taxonomy

The following nine species and several subspecies are recognized in the genus:

Racket-tail Oriental Bird Club Image Database Blueheaded Racquettail

  • Prioniturus, Wagler 1832
  • Prioniturus montanus, Ogilvie-Grant 1895 (Montane racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus waterstradti, Rothschild 1904 (Mindanao racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus waterstradti waterstradti, Rothschild 1904
  • Prioniturus waterstradti malindangensis, Mearns 1909
  • Prioniturus platenae, Blasius, W 1888 (Blue-headed racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus luconensis, Steere 1890 (Green racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus discurus, (Vieillot 1822) (Blue-crowned racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus discurus discurus, (Vieillot 1822)
  • Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi, Salomonsen 1953
  • Prioniturus mindorensis, Steere 1890 (Mindoro racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus verticalis, Sharpe 1893 (Blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu Racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus flavicans, Cassin 1853 (Yellow-breasted racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus platurus, (Vieillot 1818) (Golden-mantled racket-tail)
  • Prioniturus platurus platurus, (Vieillot 1818)
  • Prioniturus platurus sinerubris, Forshaw 1971
  • Prioniturus platurus talautensis, Hartert 1898
  • Prioniturus mada, Hartert1900 (Buru racket-tail)

    • Cited texts

    Racket-tail Oriental Bird Club Image Database Yellowbreasted Racquettail

  • Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09251-6. 

    • Racket-tail Oriental Bird Club Image Database Buru Racquettail Prioniturus mada

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    References

    Racket-tail Wikipedia
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